So, this is a new year and after 2009, the art of social media exploded into the mainstream. People literally got wrapped up into it. – Some succeeded and after quick results, kind of just stopped exercising and improving their marketing strategy. – Some had to pace themselves and althought they saw great results, they
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2009 And Social Media
Social Media – it was a word that popped up in the mainstream and blew everyone away by storm. Well, at least those who were not as computer savvy nor marketing savvy. We learned Social Media and Social Networking were not the same, where social media was a technique to market yourself or your company
[Continue Reading...]Ghost Tweeting: Big Deal? Or Not A Big Deal?
Recently in WebProNews, there was an article called Ghost Tweeting: The Real Phantom Menace and let me say it was ridiculous to read such garbage. Well, maybe not garbage, but it is terrible to know that people would whine over such things. First off, there are plenty of brands online that pay employees to tweet,
[Continue Reading...]Social Media 101: When Lurking Is Not Cool
This is no longer the age of sneaking around and then commenting when convenient. This is called lurking. In social media, lurking is not conducive for anyone. No trust can be built between readers and site owners/ article writers. There are several types of lurkers: 1. The lurker who visits and reaps benefits from another
[Continue Reading...]Number of Comments Do Not Always Equal Success
I am sure that the title of my blog alone makes you wonder if I went off the deep end as it might not make sense. You would think someone with a lot of comments might be a success. That is not always true. There are some out there called “comment whores.” Yeah, that is
[Continue Reading...]Blogging Drama: Smear Campaigns, Leave That To The Gossip Sites
I have been noticing a trend of people finding it their personal right to smear someone who they do not know anything other than the tweets or certain people. In fact, recently, an incident mentioning @AlohaArleen came up. I have never met her in person, but I tweet with her on Twitter and have been
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